Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Good Faith, Bad Faith

By Nathan Bruschi, Staff Columnist

The laughably absurd incident during the July 7 Dallas City Hall meeting of commissioners illustrates a lot of what is wrong with discourse today. The meeting received national media coverage because multiple black officials objected on the grounds of “racial insensitivity” to the comparison made by a white commissioner of a dysfunctional office (which routinely lost paperwork) to a “black hole” (a celestial object with gravitational pull so great that neither light nor matter can escape). More »

No Parents! Woo?

By Claire Murray, Staff Columnist

No matter how horrible at pong your parents proved themselves to be this weekend, it was a little sad when they left on Sunday. Then again, we were all relieved that they did. Relieved, because there were so many extra things to think about like — is it weird to meet her parents if you’ve only hooked up twice? — and sad, because we really do appreciate the fact that our parents want to see us. More »